发明名称 Method to graphically display a vehicle condition
摘要 A method for graphically displaying a vehicle condition within an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving information from a sensor on a vehicle regarding a vehicle condition. The vehicle condition is measured against a predetermined level for that specified vehicle condition. The method then determines if the vehicle condition is above the predetermined level. If the vehicle condition is above the predetermined level, the method then transmits information regarding the vehicle condition to a processor connected to a display screen. The method then proceeds to graphically display the vehicle condition on a vehicle within the vehicle by means of a graphical replication of an image replication of the actual vehicle condition in the actual vehicle being used.
申请公布号 US9381812(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.07.05
申请号 US201213408591 申请日期 2012.02.29
申请人 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 发明人 Gilling Earnee Jones
分类号 G09B25/02;B60K35/00;G09B19/16 主分类号 G09B25/02
代理机构 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 代理人 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
主权项 1. A system for graphically displaying a vehicle condition within a vehicle having a dashboard display screen, the system comprising: a sensor, the sensor configured to receive information regarding a vehicle condition, the vehicle condition having a predetermined level, the sensor being a sensor from the following group: a dynamic radar sensor, a tire pressure sensor, a door sensor, a window sensor or a moon roof sensor; a processor within the vehicle, the processor adapted to receive information regarding the vehicle condition; a display screen within the vehicle, the processor connected to the display screen, the processor configured to determine if the vehicle condition is above the predetermined level, the processor determining the correct information to display, the processor configured to modify the information displayed on the dashboard display screen based on the information received from the sensor; the processor graphically displaying an exact replication of the vehicle, and the processor graphically displaying the vehicle condition on the dashboard display screen within the vehicle by means of a computer graphical replication of an image replication of the actual vehicle condition on the replication of the current user vehicle being used, the current user vehicle color and features being displayed on the dashboard display screen to exactly replicate the current user vehicle actually being used allowing the user to easily locate the vehicle condition; and the processor graphically providing instructions and graphically indicating problem location on the replica current user vehicle on the dashboard display screen to the user indicating how to correct the vehicle condition by indicating where the problem exists on the replica current user vehicle displayed on the display screen.
地址 Erlanger KY US